Cayman Islands — Life expectancy
Life Expectancy at Birth for Cayman Islands, 1960–2024.
Life expectancy for Cayman Islands was 80.5 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 58.8 in 1960 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.49% per year.
Cayman Islands ranks 50 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 76.0, so Cayman Islands sits above it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 3%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 5 of 42 economies; St. Martin (French part) (80.4) is just below it.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 141 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 87th of 215 in 1960 → 85th of 216 in 1970 → 68th of 216 in 1980 → 52nd of 217 in 1990 → 62nd of 217 in 2000 → 67th of 217 in 2010 → 48th of 217 in 2020 → 50th of 217 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2024
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80.54 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 80.36 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 79.98 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 79.3 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 79.23 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 79.05 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 78.83 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 78.61 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 78.37 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 78.12 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 77.86 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 77.65 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 77.12 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 76.56 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 76.07 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 75.67 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 75.39 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 75.15 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 75 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 74.86 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 74.6 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 74.64 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 74.61 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 74.53 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 74.38 | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 74.23 | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 74.08 | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 73.9 | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 73.74 | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 73.6 | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 73.42 | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 73.25 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 73.09 | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 72.91 | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 72.74 | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 72.55 | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 72.35 | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 72.13 | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 71.87 | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 71.56 | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 71.19 | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 70.84 | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 70.41 | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 69.95 | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 69.49 | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 69.02 | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 68.53 | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 68.08 | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 67.55 | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 67.04 | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 66.49 | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 65.89 | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 65.36 | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 64.83 | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 64.38 | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 63.97 | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 63.6 | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 63.21 | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 62.84 | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 62.19 | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 61.44 | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 60.78 | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 60.09 | +1.1% |
| 1961 | 59.43 | +1.1% |
| 1960 | 58.78 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cayman Islands’s Life expectancy in 1961?
59.43 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Cayman Islands’s Life expectancy figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — years — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Cayman Islands’s Life expectancy growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +37.0% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 80.54; 2023: 80.36; 2022: 79.98; 2021: 79.3; 2020: 79.23. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.LE00.IN — Life Expectancy at Birth. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.